Book Review: Dangerous by Shannon Hale

For a girl who has been home schooled her entire life and wishes to explore distant planets – the lure of going to the number one space camp in the world is too much for Maisie “Danger” Brown to resist. The astronaut boot camp is everything Maisie could have dreamed of. She flirts with a …

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Book Review: The Firebird Mystery by Darrell Pitt

My Review: What do you get when you combine a consulting detective, an orphaned young acrobat, airships, and a mystery which left unsolved might be the end of the world as we know it? You get The Firebird Mystery, the first novel in a steampunk Sherlock Holmes-esque series featuring Jack Mason. Jack gets the chance to leave …

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Book Review: The Queen’s Choice by Cayla Kluver

Title: The Queen’s Choice (Heirs of Chrior Trilogy #1) Author: Cayla Kluver Genre: Fantasy, Fae, High Fantasy,  Young Adult Publisher: Harlequin Teen Publication Date: 28th January 2014 Pages: 500 Rating: 4 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): My life is no longer mine to control. By a single deed, I have become something more than I wanted to be. When sixteen-year-old …

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Book Review: The Elites by Natasha Ngan

Title: The Elites Author: Natasha Ngan Genre: Urban Fantasy, Adventure, Young Adult Publisher: Hot Key Books Publication Date: September 2013 Pages: 368 Rating: 3 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): ‘There is a rumour that the Elites don’t bleed.’ Hundreds of years into the future, wars, riots, resource crises and rising sea-levels have destroyed the old civilisations. Only one …

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Book Review: Name-Given by David McLean

Title: Name-Given (Riddle-Quest #1) Author: David McLean Genre: Action, Adventure, Middle School  Publisher: Delta Psi Publication Date: 1 April 2013 Pages: 152 Rating: 3.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Cast into the night, four young travellers must venture from the comfort of their villages to find their names. Each has a staff, a challenge and a history of riddling to help …

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Book Review: Scent of Magic by Maria V. Snyder

Title: Scent of Magic (Healer #2) Author: Maria V. Snyder Genre: paranormal, fantasy, magic, adventure Publisher: Harlequin Teen  Publication Date: January 2013 Pages: 414 pages Rating: 3.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Hunted, Killed—Survived? As the last Healer in the Fifteen Realms, Avry of Kazan is in a unique position: in the minds of her friends and foes alike, …

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Book Review: Poison Princess by Kresley Cole

With the world coming to an end tomorrow (or so TV is trying to tell me), I decided it would be appropriate to review an apocalyptic novel – and I’ve chosen Poison Princess written by one of my favourite paranormal authors, Kresley Cole. I love her Immortals After Dark series and have been wanting to read this book for …

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Book Review: Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder

Title: Touch of Power (Healer #1) Author: Maria V. Snyder Genre: paranormal, fantasy, magic, adventure Publisher: Harlequin Teen  Publication Date: December 2011 Pages: 390 pages Rating: 4.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): The price of peace may well be her life… Laying hands upon the injured and dying, Avry of Kazan assumes their wounds and diseases into herself. But …

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Book Review: The Alchemyst by Michael Scott

I’m always looking for new books to read. So a couple of months ago I was asking my friend Cam for recommendations and he suggested The Alchemyst. I bought it that night (I think that internet shopping is just feeding my book buying addiction) and then after it arrived in the mail it just sat on my …

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Book Review: A Corner of White by Jaclyn Moriarty

Title: A Corner of White (The Colours of Madeline #1) Author: Jaclyn Moriarty Genre: Fantasy, Magic, Adventure Publisher: Macmillian Australia Publication Date: October 2012 Pages: 432 Rating: 5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Madeleine Tully lives in Cambridge, England, the World – a city of spires, Isaac Newton and Auntie’s Tea Shop. Elliot Baranski lives in …

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